New York City's Triborough Bridge, the "biggest traffic machine ever built", opened to traffic.

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge

Bridge complex in New York City

The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts in New York City. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viaducts cross Randalls and Wards Islands, previously two islands and now joined by landfill.